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Sanity
Content platform with a customizable headless studio, a structured content database, and real-time collaboration APIs.
What it is
Sanity is a content platform with a fully configurable Studio and a structured content database, as presented on the Sanity homepage. Rather than managing web content inside page templates, Sanity stores content as JSON documents in its Content Lake database. Content authors work within Sanity Studio, a customizable editing environment where teams define content models with schemas, as described in the Sanity documentation.
When it fits
Sanity fits teams that build web and content applications and want editors and developers to work with the same structured content. Sanity offers a real-time database and live preview in Studio, and developers query content with GROQ, as the Sanity documentation describes.
What to watch
Sanity uses a freemium pricing structure with paid growth plans, as detailed on the Sanity pricing page. The Free tier includes up to 20 user seats with Administrator and Viewer roles, and the Developer and Contributor roles require a paid plan. Teams needing fine-grained access control with specialized roles like Developer or Contributor must move to higher subscription tiers.
- Product teams and editorial organizations requiring real-time collaborative structured content authoring.
- Developers building multi-channel digital experiences that pull content via query APIs.
- Sanity Studio is fully configurable, and schemas in the Studio configuration define the content models.Source: www.sanity.io · checked Nov 2026
- Content is stored as JSON documents in the Content Lake database.Source: www.sanity.io · checked Nov 2026
- The Free plan includes up to 20 user seats, while the paid Growth plan includes up to 50 user seats.Source: www.sanity.io · checked Nov 2026
- The Developer and Contributor roles are not included on the Free plan, which has Administrator and Viewer roles only.Source: www.sanity.io · checked Nov 2026